diff --git a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.c b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.c
index df3196f7253687248bbd00fe2099e6d531171f38..91778cfcbc65d7f2ae05944a9302fd5a95dffab0 100644
--- a/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.c
+++ b/drivers/interconnect/qcom/icc-rpm.c
@@ -541,8 +541,11 @@ int qnoc_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 	platform_set_drvdata(pdev, qp);
 
 	/* Populate child NoC devices if any */
-	if (of_get_child_count(dev->of_node) > 0)
-		return of_platform_populate(dev->of_node, NULL, NULL, dev);
+	if (of_get_child_count(dev->of_node) > 0) {
+		ret = of_platform_populate(dev->of_node, NULL, NULL, dev);
+		if (ret)
+			goto err;
+	}
 
 	return 0;
 err: